RUCKER, Judge
Appellant-Defendant Shannon S. Taflinger, Sr. ("Taflinger") appeals his conviction
of Neglect of a Dependent Causing Serious Bodily Injury. He raises one issue for review
which we rephrase as whether Taflinger's sentencing on a previously dismissed conviction
violates the prohibition against double jeopardy. We conclude that it does not and therefore
affirm.
The facts reveal that on October 29, 1993 Taflinger was convicted of attempted
murder and neglect of a dependent child. The convictions arose out of Taflinger's conduct
in violently shaking his then six-week-old son rendering him brain dead. At sentencing,
Taflinger moved for directed verdict or to set aside the neglect conviction on double jeopardy
grounds. In response the State agreed that the prohibition against double jeopardy required
merger of the attempted murder conviction with the neglect of a dependent conviction for
purposes of sentencing. However, rather than request the court to merge the two convictions,
the prosecutor instead moved to dismiss the neglect conviction. Taflinger responded that he
had no objection to the State's motion. The trial court then granted the motion and sentenced
Taflinger to thirty years on the attempted murder conviction only.
On appeal to this court Taflinger's conviction was reversed because of fundamental
error with respect to the attempted murder instruction. See Taflinger v. State, No. 34A05-
9402-CR-63 (June 19, 1995). More specifically, we reversed because the jury had not been
instructed that the defendant must have entertained the specific intent to kill when he
engaged in the conduct constituting a substantial step toward the crime of murder. Id. On
remand apparently there was no effort made to retry Taflinger on the attempted murder

charge. Rather, on November 2, 1995 the State filed an Information again charging
Taflinger with neglect of a dependant child. Thereafter on August 13, 1996 the State filed
a motion to reinstate the previously dismissed neglect conviction. The trial court granted the
motion, and after conducting a sentencing hearing the trial court sentenced Taflinger to
fifteen years imprisonment on the neglect conviction. This appeal followed.
The sole issue presented for our review is whether the trial court violated the
prohibition against double jeopardy by imposing sentence on a verdict that had been
previously dismissed. The Double Jeopardy Clause provides that no person "shall be subject
for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb." U.S. Const. amend. V. This
clause yields three protections: (1) protection from reprosecution for the same offense after
an acquittal; (2) protection from reprosecution for the same offense after conviction; and (3)
protection from multiple punishments for the same offense. Kennedy v. State, 674 N.E.2d
966, 967 (Ind. 1996) citing North Carolina v. Pearce, 395 U.S. 711, 717, 89 S.Ct. 2072, 2076,
23 L.Ed.2d 656 (1969). In this case there is no question presented concerning multiple
punishments. Rather, Taflinger contends that he is being twice prosecuted. However, as we
discuss below Taflinger is not being subjected to reprosecution, rather he is being subjected
to resentencing.See footnote
1
We first observe that at the initial sentencing hearing the trial court properly dismissed
Taflinger's conviction for neglect of a dependant. As charged, the offense was a factually

included lesser offense of attempted murder.See footnote
2 It is true a defendant may be chargedandtried with greater and lesser included offenses under the same indictment or information.
Redman v. State, 679 N.E.2d 927, 929 (Ind. Ct. App. 1997), trans. denied. However, a
defendant may not be convictedandsentenced upon the lesser offense when a sentence is
imposed also upon the greater offense. Mason v. State, 532 N.E.2d 1169, 1172 (Ind. 1989)
( holding as "inappropriate" the trial court's "merger" of a lesser offense into a greater offense
for purposes of sentencing). Where a defendant is found guilty of both the greater offense
and the lesser included offense "the trial court's proper procedure is to vacate the conviction
of the included offense." Redman, 679 N.E.2d at 932. The trial court followed that
procedure here.
It is clear that where a defendant's conviction is reversed on appeal, under some
circumstance the defendant can be resentenced after retrial without violating the prohibition

against double jeopardy. See, e.g. Warner v. State, 579 N.E.2d 1307, 1311 (Ind. 1991)
("Though double jeopardy bars retrial in cases of reversal for insufficient evidence, it does
not bar retrial in cases of reversal for trial error."); Hastings v. State, 560 N.E.2d 664, 670
(Ind. Ct. App. 1990), trans. denied, ("[t]he general rule is that retrial of the defendant is
permissible when the conviction is reversed on grounds other than sufficiency of the
evidence."). More to the point, where a defendant has been previously convicted and the
conviction has been set aside or vacated by the trial court, the defendant may be later
sentenced without there existing a double jeopardy violation. See, e.g. State v. Haines, 545
N.E.2d 834, 835 n.4 (Ind. Ct. App. 1989), trans. denied, (ordering reinstatement of jury
verdicts after trial court vacated them noting "[w]e observe sua sponte that reinstatement of
the jury's verdict is not barred by double jeopardy principles.").
In State v. Monticello Developers, Inc., 502 N.E.2d 927 (Ind. Ct. App. 1987)
(Monticello I), vacated by, 515 N.E.2d 1070 (Ind. 1987) the defendant, an intermediate care
facility, was charged with neglect of a dependant as a Class D felony. After a trial by jury
the defendant was convicted of criminal recklessness as a lesser included offense. On motion
by the defendant, the trial court entered judgment on the evidence in the defendant's favor.
The State appealed to this court. We reversed and instructed the trial court to enter judgment
of conviction and proceed to sentencing. On transfer our supreme court held that although
the trial court's judgment was erroneous, the judgment nonetheless was an acquittal on the
evidence and thus re-entry of the conviction was barred by the double jeopardy clause. State
v. Monticello Developers, Inc., 515 N.E.2d 1070 (Ind. 1987)(Monticello II), vacated by, 527

N.E.2d 1111 (Ind. 1988). Thereafter, on petition for rehearing the supreme court remanded
the case to the trial court "to enter judgment on the jury verdict of guilty and proceed
accordingly." State v. Monticello Developers, Inc., 527 N.E.2d 1111, 1112 (Ind. 1988)
(Monticello III). In so doing the court relied on federal authority for the proposition that the
purpose of the double jeopardy clause is "primarily 'directed at the threat of multiple
prosecutions . . . .'" [citation omitted] Id. quoting United States v. Wilson, 420 U.S. 332, 342,
95 S.Ct. 1013, 1021, 43 L.Ed.2d 232, 241 (1975). The court continued:
The underlying idea . . . is that the State with all its resources and power
should not be allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for
an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense and
ordeal and compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and
insecurity, as well as enhancing the possibility that even though innocent he
may be found guilty.

Monticello III, at 1112 quoting Green v. United States, 355 U.S. 184, 187-88, 78 S.Ct. 221,
223, 2 L.Ed.2d 199, 204 (1957). The court noted that in the case before it the State would
not have another opportunity to prove its case. That was so because the existing jury verdict
made a second trial unnecessary. Id. The same rationale is applicable here. By reinstating
the jury's verdict of guilty and sentencing Taflinger accordingly, the trial court was not
affording the State another opportunity to prove its case. The State had already convicted
Taflinger in a jury trial of neglect of a dependent child causing serious bodily injury. He was
merely resentenced on a jury verdict that had been previously dismissed. Because Taflinger
was not threatened with nor subject to a reprosecution there was no double jeopardy bar.
Judgment affirmed.
SHARPNACK, C.J., and STATON, J., concur.

Footnote: 1
The State apparently considered reprosecuting Taflinger by virtue of its refiling an information
alleging neglect of a dependant. However, that approach was abandoned in favor of the State filing a motion
to reinstate the previously dismissed charge.Footnote: 2
As charged, the neglect of a dependant offense was a factually included lesser offense of attempted
murder. In pertinent part the Information alleging attempted murder stated:

"That on or about the 15th day of March, 1993, at the County of Howard, State of Indiana,
Shannon Taflinger, Sr., late of said County, did then and there attempt to commit a crime,
to wit: murder, by knowingly or intentionally engaging in conduct that constituted a
substantial step toward the knowing or intentional killing of another human being, to wit:
by violently shaking Shannon Taflinger, Jr., d/o/b 1/29/93, age six (6) weeks, causing retinal
hemorrhaging and intracranial hemorrhaging and bleeding, rendering the child's brain and
brain activity dysfunctional . . . ." R. at 333.

The Information alleging neglect of a dependant stated:

"That on or about the 15th day of March, 1993, at the County of Howard, and State of
Indiana, Shannon Taflinger, Sr., late of said County, a person having the care of a
dependent, to wit: Shannon Taflinger, Jr., d/o/b 1/29/93, whether assumed voluntarily or
because of a legal obligation, who knowingly or intentionally placed Shannon Taflinger, Jr.
in a situation that may have endangered his life or health, to wit: by violently shaking
Shannon Taflinger, Jr., causing serious bodily injury, to wit: retinal hemorrhaging and
intracranial hemorrhaging and bleeding . . . ." R. at 335.